Nightmare time is here...

Last round of exam in May, Noel did pretty badly. When I met with his teacher, apparently, her whole class did poorly as the exam was set by Zone and the school that set the papers this time are known to be tough ones. Unfortunately, by doing badly, Noel will also have to face the consequences i.e. spanking. Now, I've tried many positive ways to get him to work harder in school before this; motivating, rewards etc, but none worked too well, so last resort, spanks.

Spanking system was set before the exams. B = 1 spank, C = 2 spanks, D = 3 spanks and so on. However, when I calculated the total spanks, it came up to a whooping 21 spanks!!!! For the fear of having to rush to the hospital to patch up his butt checks, we recalculated starting with C = 1 spank, D = 2 spanks etc.... Ending up with 10 spanks in total.

It broke my heart. And his. Many tears were shed between the 2 of us. But I pray this will not break his spirit, but rather build him up. Anyway, exam week starts today again. We'll see how effective the spankings were...

Teacher's comment in his record book; roughly translated as - "Do more chinese and maths exercise. Good behaviour. Jia you!"

In trying to console myself...

Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish them with the rod, they will not die. Proverbs 23:13

Whoever spares the rod hates their children, but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them. Proverbs 13:24